Gemzar

Brand (proprietary) name

Gemzar

Generic (nonproprietary) name

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Active ingredient(s)

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Strength(s)

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Dosage form(s)

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Route(s)

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Manufacturer / labeler

Eli Lilly and Company

Product class

Brand (derived from FDA marketing category)

Marketing category

NDA

Application number(s)

NDA020509

Earliest marketing start

May 15, 1996

Products / packages indexed

2 / 2

Also searchable as: Gemzar

Prescribing information on DailyMed (NLM)

• J9201JJ-code: Drugs administered other than oral method; chemotherapy drugsActiveNOC / NOSDerived calculation

  Injection, gemcitabine hydrochloride, not otherwise specified, 200 mg

  Derived: 2 of 2 NDC package(s) for this drug appear in the CMS NDC–HCPCS crosswalk for J9201. CMS quarters Q1 2021 – Q3 2022Not in the latest CMS crosswalk.

  J-codes are permanent national codes for drugs and biologicals — most often clinician-administered (buy-and-bill) products paid under Medicare Part B — plus certain immunosuppressive, inhalation (via DME), and oral anticancer/antiemetic drugs. Units are reported in multiples of the dosage in the code descriptor.

Other drugs crosswalked to the same code(s)

• GEMCITABINEGEMCITABINE · J9201
• Gemcitabine · J9196, J9201
• GemcitabineGEMCITABINE HYDROCHLORIDE · J9201
• Gemcitabine hydrochlorideGemcitabine hydrochloride · J9201

Which Medicare benefit pays for this drug?

• Coverage documents for J9201 NCDs, LCDs, and Billing & Coding articles in the CMS Medicare Coverage Database that mention “J9201”. Covered diagnosis codes are listed in the articles.
• Self-administered drug (SAD) exclusion lists Drugs each MAC excludes from “incident to” Part B coverage because they are usually self-administered.

No current Medicare Billing and Coding article lists J9201.

• FDA NDC Directory data is submitted by labelers; FDA notes that inclusion does not mean the information was verified or that a product is approved, covered, or reimbursable.
• HCPCS links are derived from CMS NDC–HCPCS crosswalks, which support ASP-based Part B payment and are not a complete list of billable NDCs.
• Product class (brand, generic, biosimilar) is derived from the FDA marketing category and Purple Book license type, not from a commercial compendium.
• Payment limits are Medicare Part B national limits; they do not reflect payer contracts, OPPS rates, 340B pricing, or acquisition cost.
• Home infusion per diem S-codes are matched by therapy category from the FDA pharmacologic class and route, not from a CMS crosswalk. Payers choose which per diem codes they accept, and the right code can depend on the dosing schedule, infusion method, or daily volume.